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MDMAlliance on 27 March 2015
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oniyide said:
MDMAlliance said:

People in this thread aren't a very good representation of sales.  They could only represent a few hundred people.  Since games still sell past their release dates, people who think that voice chat is a detriment could outnumber those people.  Not saying this IS the case, but it CAN be.

Of course there are parents buying PS4's and XBO's, but parents will usually already associate those systems as having certain risks of not being very child friendly.  Nintendo is in a different boat here.  We can argue that Nintendo probably shouldn't have ever went for the image they have now (back when they happened to get it in the SNES days), but it's already done.

You're exaggerating on the Wii U not having sales part, since it clearly is being sold.  While not all parents are going to be buying Nintendo systems, there are definitely going to be those who see Nintendo as the "safe" option if they will buy a console.  Nintendo taking that away and putting more resources towards the "mature" audience doesn't guarantee that the number of new users will outweigh the old ones they lost in the process.  There's also the 3DS, by the way.  Nintendo probably don't see the Wii U's failure to sell as a result of their "family friendly" image.

true, but if the game flops i would wonder why that would be the case.

Fair, but wouldnt you argue that parents clearly dont mind the risk if they are buying those systems in droves? again numbers say there are more PS4s and ONES being sold than Wii Us so parents clearly dont care and if they dont care why not have stuff like VC in it. Parents would buy the game but now non parents probably arent.

Its sales are bad, that is my point. IT is being bought but is it by parents? i doubt it, i think its being bought by Ninty faithful. Its on track to do less than 20mil, worst selling Ninty console no way you truly believe that it is being sold to parents. How is voice chat in anyway going to a more mature audience? Damn near any multiplayer game has that feature. Little Big Planet has that feature. Its a standard feature and not having it is going to hurt...unless Ninty really is just trying to sell to kids, then i guess ill just disregard everything i said and wish them good luck, they are going to need it.

I think the simplest way to put it is that Nintendo wants controversy control.  While some games thrive on it, Nintendo probably believes they would be hurt by it.  Voice chat is a way to drive controversy to a Nintendo system.  Other systems, you expect to hear all kinds of things but it wont really harm them.

While I do think a lot of Wii U sales will be those who are older and are "Ninty faithful," I know for sure there are parents buying the Wii U was well.  I was even there at a Wal-Mart when I heard a parent talking about buying one for their child, who is too young to have a job or enough money to buy one themselves.  They definitely exist, and probably in higher numbers than you expect.  I do not think they are the majority, but do make up a noticeable share.

If we want to talk about how I feel as a customer, I would prefer Nintendo go for the "mature" and take a risk, but I also wouldn't want to see them go out of business.